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Behind closed doors, Europe braces for a deadly attack

On today’s show, Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart discuss how EU ambassadors have been meeting in recent weeks to discuss what to do if a potential Russian hybrid attack were to result in mass casualties. Next…

Zack Polanski had the chance to show real leadership. He blew it | Rafael Behr

The mayor of New York espouses democratic socialism as a mission of equitable distribution of wealth and opportunity. The US president says socialism only pretends to be democratic "because it sounds so nice"; that "it's…

Merz in der Therapiestunde Koalitionsausschuss

Hans von der Burchard ordnet ein, wie die Affäre das internationale Vertrauen in Deutschland beschädigt. Im Kanzleramt rollen derweil die Dienstwagen zum Koalitionsausschuss an. Zwischen Union und SPD geht es erneut um…

EU toughens China stance ahead of Šefčovič’s Beijing visit

"Europe has economic power. It’s time to use it." The remarks echo those made by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron in a joint letter earlier this week , advocating that the European…

‘Nobody wants a new Greece’: Calls grow for crisis election in Romania

“Postponing early elections and staying in this stalemate situation would, at some point, also have economic negative consequences,” he said. Bordering Ukraine, Romania has the sixth-largest population in the EU and…

Can ‘Berlin’s Mamdani’ convince Jewish Berliners to trust the Left?

“Leave this country” Michael Wolffsohn has grim advice for Jewish Berliners. The prominent historian and conservative commentator was born in Tel Aviv to a family of Jewish merchants from Berlin, who fled the Nazis for…

EU quietly braces for nightmare scenario of multiple-casualty hybrid attack

But the efforts to prepare are exposing splits on how much of a role the EU should play on security matters, and whether the bloc’s efforts are redundant with NATO. The talks about a nightmare attack scenario have taken…

Latvia moves to expel Russian journalist who used to work for BBC

“They always consider themselves as the underdogs and as the side that is being under constant pressure from the West, encroaching on its sphere of influence, on its strategic interests. It compels them to respond to…

Read the charter for the White House’s ‘Super Intelligence Force’

The document also calls out two risk areas that have come under increased scrutiny in recent months: biosecurity and threats to the water supply. OpenAI recently threw its weight behind a slate of bills aimed at…

Green member behind Zionism motion named as 'close friend' of jailed al-Qaeda supporter in court

Court documents from 2015 show she offered to testify as a defence witness in the trial of Minh Quang Pham, who was jailed for 40 years in the US after pleading guilty to supporting al-Qaeda. He denied planning a suicide…